# Speaking of cereals, where are the faux Grape Nuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859 "2015-03-24T14:30:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/1 "2015-03-24T14:30:18Z")
For most cereals, you can buy a “store brand” version rather than the branded cereal. For instance, if you like “Rice Krispies”, you can buy a non-Kellogg knockoff, rather than the real thing endorsed by “Snap, Crackle and Pop”. It will probably taste about the same, and cost about half the price. Where are the knock off Grape Nuts? The stores I frequent don’t seem to have any. You have to pay Post’s price for them. Suggestions that I go to Home Depot and buy a bag of fine gravel will be ignored. “It’s not grown, it’s mined.” … ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/2 "2015-03-24T14:49:23Z")
There are a lot of “niche market” cereals that don’t have store-brand equivalents, simply because the manufacturers and managers don’t believe it’s worth removing one line of cereal to replace it with what they think will be a less profitable variety. Of the four main supermarket chains around here, only one of them ever carries the store brand of Wheaties, although I can buy generic corn flakes anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/3 "2015-03-24T15:04:26Z")
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**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/4 "2015-03-24T15:27:14Z")
I’ve gotten store-brand Grape-Nuts before, but I can’t remember where. Probably either Stop & Shop or Shop-Rite. Didn’t like them quite as much as Post’s, though. They seemed to get soggy too fast. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/5 "2015-03-24T15:30:25Z")
[Nutty Nuggets](http://www.caloriecount.com/calories-kroger-nutty-nuggets-i244716) I’ve found them at most supermarkets. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/6 "2015-03-24T15:30:37Z")
The Washington Post just posted an article on [the most popular breakfast cereals in America](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/18/the-most-popular-breakfast-cereals-in-america-today/) (Cheerios is #1, with more than double the sales of the next most popular brand). They list the top 21, and Grape Nuts didn’t make the cut. No one wants to make a knockoff of something that isn’t popular to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/7 "2015-03-24T15:31:21Z")
Kroger brand: Nutty Nuggets ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/8 "2015-03-24T15:34:35Z")
Wal Mart has a brand. It’s like $1 less per box. Tastes the same to me, except maybe a tiny less dense than Post. ---
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/9 "2015-03-24T16:06:57Z")
HEB used to have some. Not sure if they still do (carbs are evil so I don’t go down that isle). ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/10 "2015-03-24T16:23:53Z")
Seems like most of the store brands call them _Nutty Nuggets_. Affiliated has one [also](http://www.fooducate.com/app#page=product&id=9C30E94E-0CE9-11E0-BF92-FEFD45A4D471). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/11 "2015-03-24T16:38:18Z")
Wal-Mart’s/Great Value’s is called “Crunchy Nuggets.” I was inspired to get off my duff and go eat a bowl full. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/12 "2015-03-24T16:58:27Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Wal Mart has a brand. It’s like $1 less per box. Tastes the same to me, except maybe a tiny less dense than Post. So, it is more andesite than peridotite? 😉 I also get “Crunchy Nuggets” from Wal Mart. I never seem to encounter “Nutty Nuggets” any more, and even the standard (non-flake or flavored) “Grape Nuts” is becoming hard to find in stock. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/13 "2015-03-24T18:30:45Z")
I thought Grape-Nuts were their own faux knockoff. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/14 "2015-03-24T18:38:29Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > The Washington Post just posted an article on [the most popular breakfast cereals in America](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/18/the-most-popular-breakfast-cereals-in-america-today/) (Cheerios is #1, with more than double the sales of the next most popular brand). They list the top 21, and Grape Nuts didn’t make the cut. No one wants to make a knockoff of something that isn’t popular to begin with. I’m surprised Raisin Bran did so poorly. And Coco Puffs didn’t even make it on the list :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/15 "2015-03-24T18:56:23Z")
Well, OK, there are some. Just not ones that have a presence in my area, as of yet. To get to a WalMart, I’d have to go out of my way. This is Target territory. Safeway / Lucky are the large chain supermarkets. Trader Joe’s, which knocks off most cereals without selling the originals, doesn’t have a Grape Nuts knock off (and it would probably disappear on a whim if they did - TJ is known for aggressively discontinuing anything which doesn’t sell well enough, on a store-by-store basis). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/16 "2015-03-24T19:01:24Z")
> [@yabob](#): > > Suggestions that I go to Home Depot and buy a bag of fine gravel will be ignored. I wonder how much damage it might do to the enamel of my teeth to eat Grape Nuts. They always tell us that chewing on ice cubes is bad, right? Soaking Grape Nuts in milk for any finite length of time makes only a minimal difference. HOWEVER, Grape Nuts make excellent cooked cereal. My recipe: 1 c Grape Nuts + 2 c 2% milk. Nuke in μwave oven for several minutes, stirring frequently, watching closely to prevent boil-over. (I’ve never tried it with fine gravel. Maybe this recipe works for that too.) Several others above have mentioned that generic no-name brands of various cereals get soggier faster. I’ve noticed that too with several kinds of no-name cereal, and likewise with the bulk-food varieties that you scoop out of a big bin. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/17 "2015-03-24T19:10:57Z")
Safeway apparently has a version - [http://www.woothey.com/blog/products/227378-safeway-vons-cereal-nutty-reviews-ratings](http://www.woothey.com/blog/products/227378-safeway-vons-cereal-nutty-reviews-ratings) Your local store may not carry it - check with the manager. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/18 "2015-03-24T21:30:36Z")
Another one it’s hard to find a generic for is Life. I found one once, but only once, and it wasn’t as good. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/19 "2015-03-24T23:07:49Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Safeway apparently has a version - [http://www.woothey.com/blog/products/227378-safeway-vons-cereal-nutty-reviews-ratings](http://www.woothey.com/blog/products/227378-safeway-vons-cereal-nutty-reviews-ratings) > > Your local store may not carry it - check with the manager. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859/20 "2015-03-25T00:02:18Z")
I’ve tried Grape Nuts several times, and can’t get past the fact that it looks exactly like something we used to make at the feed mill I used to work at. However, I recommend Grape Nuts Flakes- those are quite tasty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-cereals-where-are-the-faux-grape-nuts/715859.md?page=2)